Title :
A millimeter-wave massive MIMO system for next generation mobile broadband
Author :
Zhouyue Pi ; Farooq Khan
Author_Institution :
Samsung R&D America, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
The spectacular growth of mobile data traffic calls for drastic improvement in mobile network capacity beyond current 3G/4G networks. In this paper, we describe a millimeter-wave mobile broadband (MMB) system that taps the vast spectrum in 3 - 300 GHz to meet that demand. We discuss the unique advantages of millimeter waves such as spectrum availability and massive antenna arrays in small form factors. We also describe a practical MMB system design that provides Gbps data rate at distance up to 500 meters and supports mobility up to 350 kmph. We show in system simulation that an MMB system with basic configuration achieves more than 30 times cell throughput and cell-edge performance than a 20-MHz LTE system.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; MIMO communication; antenna arrays; broadband networks; next generation networks; telecommunication traffic; 3G network; 4G network; MMB system design; antenna array; cell-edge performance; frequency 3 GHz to 300 GHz; millimeter wave; millimeter-wave massive MIMO system; millimeter-wave mobile broadband system; mobile data traffic; mobile network capacity; next generation mobile broadband; spectrum availability; system simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Systems and Computers (ASILOMAR), 2012 Conference Record of the Forty Sixth Asilomar Conference on
Conference_Location :
Pacific Grove, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5050-1
DOI :
10.1109/ACSSC.2012.6489100
